He had steered the Black Stars to their first Nations Cup in 1992 after an eight-year absence.
Four time African champions, Ghana have not missed a Nations Cup final since 1992.
Others see Ghana's failure to qualify for the Nations Cup as a wake-up call.
The draw for the Nations Cup finals will be made in Tunis on Saturday afternoon.
Senegal star Khalilou Fadiga will not play in the Lions' next Nations Cup match against Gambia.
Ghana triumphed 4-2 to make it to the Nations Cup for the fourth consecutive time.
He was also the catalyst behind Ghana's unexpected progress to the Nations Cup final in January.
"The Nations Cup is dead and buried, and we are now in a new chapter, " Keshi said.
The squad for the Nations Cup finals will be named in the first two weeks of December.
There are just two dates left in Fifa's calendar before the Nations Cup gets underway in Ghana.
He leaves the Scotland A squad in Bucharest preparing to launch their defence of the IRB Nations Cup.
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Thompson was an ever-present during Scotland A's IRB Nations Cup win in Romania before suffering his injury problems.
He also helped Ghana reach the final of the African Nations Cup, where they lost out to Egypt.
He earned his first cap in November, having helped Scotland A win the IRB Nations Cup that summer.
The trip is in preparation for next year's Nations Cup tournament in Tunisia.
Zimbabwe begin their Nations Cup campaign against Egypt on 25 January in Sfax.
The midfielder was honoured for his performances during Libya's Nations Cup qualifying campaign.
The group stage certainly demonstrated that the opportunities exist for underdogs to make their mark at a Nations Cup.
Phiri was axed by Zambia after failing to take the Chipolopolo to 2004 Nations Cup finals in Tunisia finals.
He won two Nations Cup titles with the team in 2000 and 2002 and a total of 24 caps.
Lome Floyd Ayite struck in the dying moments which rubberstamped Togo's place at the African Nations Cup in Angola.
Caf also used the 2006 World Cup qualifiers to determine the 16 Nations Cup finalists in Egypt the same year.
Relations were further soured in 1990 when Egypt refused to send a team to the African Nations Cup in Algeria.
"We are out of the World Cup for sure but we hope to reach the Nations Cup finals, " Raouraoua said.
But the German coach is hoping to persuade the Portsmouth defender back for next month's African Nations Cup in Ghana.
At the inaugural African Amputees Nations Cup held on home soil earlier this year, they could only manage third place.
The match is the third game for Bafana Bafana before they resume their African Nations Cup qualifying campaign in June.
Michel was in charge of Tunisia at the 2002 Nations Cup and took Ivory Coast to the final in 2006.
In 2005, some fans were injured when a floodlight pylon fell on spectators during another Congo African Nations Cup game.
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Bassala Toure, Boubacar Diarra and Sammy Traore are all in the preliminary list of players which Mali have announced for January's Nations Cup.
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